Boat Story is story about a boat… Ooh, you weren’t expect that, were you? This new drama has a very weird prologue with a voiceover trying to be funny, announcing it as starting “under a …
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No Escape – The DVDfever Review – Paramount+ – Abigail Lawrie, Rhianne Barreto
No Escape is one of those dramas which begins with a mystery section, before winding back in time to fill in some details. IMDB still lists this as its alternate title, The Blue, which is …
Continue readingThe Serpent – The DVDfever Review – Jenna Coleman, Tahar Rahim
The Serpent is the name given to French fraudster Charles Sobhraj (Tahir Rahim), who the opening text tells us was tracked down by an American news crew in Paris, in 1997, where he was living …
Continue readingThe Widow Episodes 1 and 2 – The DVDfever Review – Kate Beckinsale
The Widow is very timely as the first episode is set just after the clocks have gone forward. Okay, so on the day the episode is broadcast – April 8th, it’s over a week after …
Continue readingBaptiste: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – Tchéky Karyo
Baptiste marks the return of French detective Julien Baptiste (Tchéky Karyo), who you’ll remember from The Missing, but after two series of that, they wanted to make a third (and it’s still on the cards), …
Continue readingThe City and The City: The Complete Series – The DVDfever Review – David Morrissey
The City and The City is like one of those noir thrillers where you’re not sure whether to take it seriously because – as lead David Morrissey explains in a gruff voice about the existence …
Continue readingAn Inspector Calls (2015) – The DVDfever Review
An Inspector Calls is the second in BBC1’s current series of literary classics being brought to the screen, and follows last week’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover which was exactly like every other adaptation – except that …
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